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Goose Island founder John Hall has sold the original Goose Island Brewpub, on Clyborn Avenue, to Anheuser-Busch InBev, the corporation that bought the Chicago brewing company five years ago. In that deal, Hall had retained ownership of the brewpub (pictured here in 2008).

Goose Island sells brewpub to Anheuser-Busch

May 8, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

Five years after selling Goose Island's production brewery to Anheuser-Busch InBev in a deal that launched an era of consolidation in the craft beer industry, brewery founder John Hall is...

N'duja sausage with pickled mustard seeds and Tokaji honey.

Inside Forbidden Root brewpub, new in West Town

May 8, 2019 at 11:15 a.m.

After stepping into the Forbidden Root brewpub, look up. You'll see 41 rusted John Deere cultivator wheels hanging from the ceiling, each affixed with a glowing light bulb. The brewery's...

Michigan's Short's Brewing beers will soon be available in Chicago for the first time, but only four of them. So we set out to taste and report on those beers, plus several others in the portfolio that you can find across the border.

Tasting Short’s Brewing beers headed to Chicago on March 4

June 11, 2018 at 4:37 a.m.

After announcing that it would defy its "Michigan only, Michigan forever" pledge never to distribute beer outside the Mitten State, Short's Brewing braced for backlash. It never came. "I thought...

Travel industry accommodating people with pets

August 23, 2019 at 1:39 p.m.

Even when she's traveling without her dogs — which is rare — Amy Burkert stays in pet-friendly hotels. "They support the lifestyle we choose, so we support them," said Burkert,...

Moody Tongue is launching its first barrel-aged release, a chocolate barleywine.

Drink This: Moody Tongue has barrel-aged chocolate barleywine for Valentine’s

June 12, 2018 at 2:59 a.m.

If nothing quite says love — at least the Valentine's Day variety — like chocolate, then nothing quite screams love like chocolate barleywine aged in bourbon barrels. On Feb. 13,...

Goose Island’s Green Line beer to get national distribution

June 12, 2018 at 3:23 a.m.

Goose Island is riding Green Line to national distribution. The pale ale that has been available only in Chicago and only on draft since its introduction six years ago will...

Left Hand Brewing released Hard Wired Nitro in late January as the brewery's first seasonal offering on nitro.

Nitro makes Left Hand’s Hard Wired a silky coffee porter

June 11, 2018 at 3:33 a.m.

What it is: Colorado's Left Hand Brewing Co. is one of the few breweries to have mastered bottling nitro beer — that is, beer carbonated with nitrogen rather than the...

Short’s beer coming to Chicago as brewery ends Michigan-only stance

June 11, 2018 at 7:23 a.m.

Short's Brewing Co. has long pledged never to sell beer outside its home state of Michigan, and the pledge has been so fervent as to include a sticker for sale...

Taking a pre-baby trip has become a tradition for some expectant moms. But a new health risk, the Zika virus, has some of them thinking twice.

Zika virus causes pregnant women to reconsider travel plans

August 23, 2019 at 1:35 p.m.

Pregnant with her second child, Stephanie Coad feels much more at ease about the things that made her nervous the first time around. She drinks the occasional glass of wine...

Bourbon County beers, re-tasted and re-ranked in wake of off flavors

May 8, 2019 at 11:14 a.m.

It's been a strange few months for Goose Island's family of Bourbon County beers. One of the industry's most heralded annual releases has included several odd or unique turns since...

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